Will of Paul Day

of Lenham, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC17/65/125
Submitted by Roy Day
In the name of God amen: the eighteenth day of March in the yeare of our Lord God 1624,
I, Paule Day, of Leneham in the County of Kent, husbandman, being sicke in body but of
good and perfect memory (God be praysed therefore) doe make and ordaine this my last will and
testamente in manner and forme following, that is to say,
First (as much as in mee lyeth) I will and bequeath my soule into the hands of God my
maker, hoping assuredly through the only death and merrits of Jesus Christ my saviour to be
made partaker of life everlasting,
And I will my body to the earth whereof it was made.

Item I will and bequeath unto Paule Tryple my sisters sonne three pounds of good English
money, and also unto Peeter Tryple forty shillinges of like money, to bee paid unto them at their
severall ages of two and twenty yeares.
Item I will and bequeath unto Sibell Tryple my sisters daughter the some of twenty
shillings, and unto Anne Tryple the some of five pounds of good English money, to be paid unto
them at their severall ages of one and twenty yeares, and if any of them doe dye, the one to bee
the others heire.

Item I will and bequeath unto Reginald Stydman twenty shillings, to bee paid unto him at
two payments, the first w[i]thin one month next after my decease, and the other w[i]thin halfe a
yeare then next following.
Item I will and bequeath unto Goodwife Woodgate, for her paines in tending mee in my
sicknes, the some of forty shillinges.
Item I will and bequeath unto William Butler twenty shillinges:
Item I will and bequeath unto the widdow Downe, late the wife of Hugh Downe of
Leneham deceased, the some of twenty shillings.
Item I will and bequeath unto Paule Burton of Leneham twenty shillings.
Item I will and bequeath unto the poore people of the parrish of Leneham, to bee
distributed at the tyme of my buriall, the so[m]me of forty shillings of good English money.
Item I will and bequeath unto Stephen Rayner of Charing forty shillings.

The residue of all my goods and Chattells, my debts and legacies being paid and all my
Funerall expences dischardged, I wholy will and bequeath unto Erasmus Elmstone, whome I doe
hereby ordeine and make my sole executo[ur]:
In witnes whereof I have Cawsed this to bee written and have heereunto set mine hand
and seale, and published it as my last will and testament, renouncing all other wills heretofore
made, in the presence of the witness[e]s heereunder written.
The marke of Paule Day Richard Christfeild - John Bachelo[ur] - William Butler his marke
exa[m]i[n]atur [It is examined]

[This present will, of Paul Day, late, while he lived, of the parish of Lenham in the
Archdeaconry of Canterbury, deceased,
Was proved on the 29th day of April in the one thousand six hundred and twenty fifth
Year of our Lord,
Before Master Evan Haidock, clerk, substitute etc of Sir George Newman, Official of the
Lord Archdeacon of Canterbury etc,
By the oath of Erasmus Elmston, the executor named in the said will,
And approved in respect thereof etc,
And the burden of execution etc was committed to the said executor, he having been first
sworn touching [Godís holy gospels] etc,
Saving the right etc.
Dated etc.]